Your Turn: March 29

President Donald Trump discusses the spending bill in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. A reader questions the “sanity” of the bill.

President Donald Trump discusses the spending bill in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. A reader questions the “sanity” of the bill.

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President Donald Trump discusses the spending bill in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. A reader questions the “sanity” of the bill.

President Donald Trump discusses the spending bill in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House. A reader questions the “sanity” of the bill.

Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM /AFP /Getty Images

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Budget insanity

Re: “Funds for wall the length of border not in budget; House OKs proposals; Senate facing deadline,” front page, Friday:

Does the proposed U.S. budget prove that this is America’s Age of Insanity?

Would a sane president sign this bill? He did.

Pat McMillan

Self-respect AWOL

I am beginning to wonder if the “porn star story” is “fake news,” concocted by the president and his lawyer to distract from the Russia investigation. Some of the dialogue seems unbelievable. Stormy Daniels seems to have even less self-respect thanPresident Donald Trump, willing to do anything for money.

And he seems willing to do anything to cover up his association with President Vladimir Putin and to remain in office.

He appears to have some people who will do anything he wants them to, even if it involves putting themselves in jeopardy — as in the case of his lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Audrey Dlugosz

Best school judges

Just a quick word about charter schools from a retired public school teacher and an experienced charter school teacher (as well as private, parochial, and proprietary schools).

There are good and bad charter schools, just as there are good and bad public schools, private schools, parochial schools and proprietary schools. The major difference is that bad charter, private, parochial and proprietary schools go out of business. Bad public schools just have an increasing amount of tax dollars thrown at them without improvement.

For good or ill, the market — which is to say, the students and their parents — are often a better judge than the school board.